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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1963
Page
3
In a letters column from The La Crosse Tribune readers share a goofy date mishap with Chuck and a disruptive housing burden story. The page includes livestock market quotations and a Cheeks advice exchange, with Ann Landers offering humorous replies to both readers.
Birth announcements show multiple Aug dates for daughters and sons born to families in Ettrick Onalaska Viroqua Viola Ferryville La Crosse and St Paul. Mentioned parents include Bibby Willgrubs Mortenson Mulrine Terwilliger Halverson Reuckheim Mageland Manske Moore Mauske Klos Betz and others with addresses and hospital details in Vernon La Crosse and surrounding communities.
The puzzle lists across and down clues mixing male female terms with everyday words. It appears as a crowded wordplay grid referencing familiar terms such as gender pairs and common nouns, ending with the credits NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN.
Edwards Air Force Base California reports Joseph A. Walker hit a new altitude of 351000 feet in the X15 flight, short of his 360000 foot goal due to a shallow 44 degree climb. Ground observers debated the record for 45 minutes.
Three people were hospitalized after a collision near Holmen on Highway 53 around 11 45 p m Wednesday. Christene Williams 26 of Winona suffered compound fractures and back injuries. Thomas G Haney 30 of Winona had a broken left ankle and back injuries. Clarence H Niedfeldt 52 of Onalaska sustained nose injuries and cuts. Police reported Niedfeldt rear ended Haney at high speed pushing the Haney car off the road 192 feet before it hit a tree.
Dr Stephen Ward left a net estate of 4420 pounds after provisional 14620 pounds was reduced by debts. Attorney Joseph Jackson said much of the estate came from Ward's portraits sold during his trial. Ward figure in scandal that led to the resignation of War Minister Profumo and threatened Prime Minister Macmillan. He killed himself at trial's end.
Iron County Sheriff James J. Thomas died in Ironwood Michigan after an apparent heart attack two days earlier. He was 57 and served as sheriff for Iron County.
President Kennedy flew back to Washington from Cape Cod after an overnight family visit. The presidential jet landed at Andrews Air Force Base Maryland following a roughly one hour flight from Otis Air Force Base Massachusetts.
The Titan 2 missile completed a 5800 mile test flight with no faults, signaling progress for Project Gemini. Astronaut Virgil Grissom watched as the 103 foot rocket achieved low vibration and full second stage thrust while a 29 point MDS monitored for trouble and potential ejection readiness.
Former Atomic Energy Commission leaders Lewis L. Strauss and Dr Willard F Libby voiced concerns at Senate hearings about the limited nuclear test ban treaty. Libby called it an uneasy acceptance while Strauss urged two reservations on allied use and peaceful construction. both weighed effects on peaceful nuclear energy efforts and current megaton bomb progress.
In South St. Paul cattle and hog markets reports show steady to weak prices for slaughter cattle and hogs with feeders and calves largely unchanged. Chicago commodities note steady butter and eggs with mixed grain quotes. potatoes listed with weak market signals and various regional price notes.
Charles W. Dyer of 625 Copeland Ave and Beverly A. Hendrickson of 2801 Onalaska Ave plan to marry August 27 in La Crosse. Sylvester E. Lieb Jr of West Salem and Marcella L. Kammel of West Salem residents plan to marry in the Town of Greenfield in August.
Warm tonight and Friday with variable clouds. Low mid 60s tonight, high 80s Friday. Wisconsin sees a few thundershowers in the north. Minnesota notes scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight and Friday, cooler northwest, warmer southeast. Iowa reports scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight and in the west and north Friday. Degree days to date 0, total 19 through August 22 1962. normal 16.
Dr. Herman E. Wilkinson becomes manager at Tomah Veterans Hospital succeeding Dr. Aaron Mason who moved to Lexington Kentucky. Wilkinson vows to upgrade medical and surgical staff and broaden hospital services to reduce transfers, improve housing for staff, and enhance overall patient care. He trained at Ohio State and Flower Hospital and served in WWII and Korea before joining the VA system. He and his wife have two sons Robert and John.
MABEL Minn The Mabel Village Council grants a non exclusive 20 year franchise to Peoples Natural Gas division of Northern Natural Gas to erect and maintain a gas plant in Mabel. The company may use streets and city property for a pipe line system. Surveys last summer nominated Caledonia Canton Harmony Houston Mabel and Spring Grove for natural gas service.
Gov. Reynolds signs several bills including a measure to let the state assume control of radiation sources after Legislative Council approval. Other enacted items include licensing vending machine operations through the State Board of Health, merging welfare departments, selling the coop house to La Crosse State College, and how local education vacancies are filled.
Monroe County health committee votes to hire public health nurse Estelle North after probation ending Sept. 1. North began March 1 earning 425 dollars monthly. under contract she will receive 450 dollars monthly plus eight cents per mile for travel.
Mrs. Ruth Barry aged 49 of rural Green Bay died in a two car head on collision on Highway 141 about five miles north of Green Bay Wednesday night. The Wisconsin highway death toll for 1963 stands at 528, down from 573 a year earlier.
Senator William Proxmire of Wisconsin was chosen by the Democratic Steering Committee to fill the vacancy on the Senate Appropriations Committee after the death of Estes Kefauver. He will resign from the Agriculture Committee and aims to push budget reform and reduced federal spending.
West Salem reports the first La Crosse County case of Dutch elm disease with several suspected trees under study. elm beetles spread the disease and control focuses on removing old dead elm wood and possible ordinances to curb infection.
The South Vietnamese government cracked down on Buddhist leaders with mass arrests and temple raids. U S officials condemned the measures as repressive and President Kennedy urged reconciliation while Ambassador Lodge rushed to Saigon to assess the crisis.
Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Jack Olson announces a statewide appeal to industries to decide on exhibit space for a Wisconsin pavilion at the New York World’s Fair. If September 3 commitments are insufficient, the project may be cancelled. James Bolton of the Wisconsin Manufacturers Association handles details.
In Hazleton Pennsylvania two miners trapped 33 feet underground received a rosary and St Christopher medals lowered through a six inch lifeline hole on Wednesday. The items were provided by Rev Edmond Roman a Catholic missionary. A Hazleton family brought the rosary and medals from Rome where they were blessed by the Pope.
Inmate with three decades in federal prisons recalls painting in Alcatraz in the 1930s using improvised brushes and stolen paint. A sale on Sept. 1 will feature his works and those of about 100 other convicts, part of the prison education program.
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